Happy New Year to All!
Here are some uses for honey this New Years Day.

“Person Fed Honey On First of January Stays Sweet for Year. Chicago, Dec. 
23.—If you would remain sweet throughout the year eat honey on New Year's 
day. This prescription was given at the eighteenth annual meeting of
the Chicago Northwestern Beekeepers Association during a discussion as to 
the best means of producing a demand for honey. It was pointed out that in 
Germany honey was found on every table and was used far more extensively
than in America. On New Year's day, it is said, every person in Germany 
eats honey in order that that his disposition might remain sweet during 
the whole year.“ -The Washington Post, December 24, 1914 

“The use of fructose, 30 gm, taken in the form of honey, can speed alcohol 
metabolism and thus reduce the frequency and intensity of hangover 
headache.”
The Practicing Physician’s Approach to Headache - 1978, page 76
by Seymour Diamond, Donald J. Dalessio 

“Sick-Headache No.2.-Take of honey two are three tablespoonfuls on an 
empty stomach, and then lie down and keep quiet until the honey
has moved out of the stomach.”
The Doctor at home: Illustrated. Treating the Diseases of Man and the 
Horse… 1882, page 40
by B J Kendall, Kendall, Dr. B.J., & Co 

“The best hangover cure of all may be a cup or two strong tea with  
honey.  According to the National Institute of Neurological and 
Communicative Disorders and Stroke, honey speeds up alcohol metabolism, 
which means that it will help your body break down the alcohol more 
quickly.”
What Women Need to Know - 2005, page 14
By Marianne Legato, Carol Colman

“…eating toast and honey after a long evening's drinking will 
help prevent the morning-after hangover headache…”
Better Homes and Gardens - 1977, page 61

“one old-time remedy among bartenders is simply honey in hot water”
The Green Pharmacy - 1997, page 232
By James A. Duke

“Try mixing together some bananas, some milk and a little honey to
form a smoothie and drink it.  Don’t be tempted to apply the
mixture to your sore head.”
Household Management for Men
by Nigel Browning, Jane Moseley - 2003, page 138

“To relieve the pain of a headache, drink a half cup of tea with a shot of 
whiskey and honey in it.”
Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine, and…
1999, page 304
by Carl C. Gaither, Andrew Slocombe 

Best Wishes,
Joe

*******************************************************
* Search the BEE-L archives at:                       *
* http://listserv.albany.edu:8080/cgi-bin/wa?S1=bee-l *
*******************************************************